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Dove

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Doves are animals feræ natures, and not the subject of larceny uniess they are in the owner's custody; as, for example, in a dove-house or when in the nest before they can fly.

Com. v. Chace, 9 Pick. (Mass.) 15, 19 Am. Dec. 348; Ruckman v. Outwater, 28 N. J. Law, 581.